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<br />f3?caus? of this steep dip aquifers are under atmospheric pressurz (water table <br />conditions) near their recharge cress and under hydrJStatic pressurz (artesian <br />Condition;) within the basin or at discharge p0inC5. Artesian conditions are <br />de`reloped in aquifer; which are confinep by a/eriying and underlying strata <br />with low pe~meapilities. Melly drillzd dcwndip adjacent tJ the Szneca II-M <br />Mine e~nibit artesian fiow;. <br />Discharges from be.rock acuif?rs 3r2 primariiy through springs to the Surface <br />s'JStem. The flow characteristics or' the spring; arz related to: 1> the <br />ldteral extents and thickne r2s of the 3i5vCldt?d aquifer,; 2> the distance <br />between the springs and the acuifer recharge areas: and. 3) the perme3bilities <br />dnp ground wa`.2r stordg2 cnaract?ristics of the assJCiat?d aquifers. Springs <br />i$iUing from iat?r311V disCOntInUGUi, t~In SdnpStOnei (12nt1CUldr dnd <br />lnterbeCd2d idndstCn25) 'Which OCCUr CiOi? t0 the 3gUifer OUtCrOpi W111 f10W <br />lntermitt?ntly and shelf fiCWS `all it fiUCtUdt? S23sOndlly; spring; 15iUing from <br />regionally extensive, thick sandstones or coals which occur at a distance from <br />recharge areas will flow perennially and their flows will not significantly <br />fluctuate with time. <br />The lenticular and interbedded sandstones associated with the coal bearing <br />zones generally deve!eo 1ec31izep discontinuous aquifers. Movement of ground <br />water witnin these sandstones from th? r?Charge tJ the discharge arza usually <br />-- occurs within a short plstdnC?. ~lmlt3d r2giondl mGVeme^t Of grGUnd 'ddtzr <br />occurs 'dnen theiz is intercommunication ber.~??n *.he Sdnu'stOneS. <br />The recharge, discharge and movement of ground 'Hater within the alluvial <br />aquifers arz contrJll?d by: 1) the gradi?nt of the rock channel into which <br />the alluvium has been depesitzd; Z) the •.yidth cf the alluvial deposit; <br />3) thz thickness of the alluvial body; 4) the permeability of the alluvial <br />deposit; 5~ the recharge or di;charg? of and=riving rock strata; and <br />6) file fIOW ChdrdCt?r1it1CS Of the aiiCCidted Stream. Ih2 311UVldl ground <br />'Adt2r dgUif2ri 3r? C10521`/ r?kited t0 th21r 3;iCC'3t?d s`r23ms. The d1lUvidl <br />3gUlf?r5 r?C?lve 3 mdjOrlLy Of their r2 Uldrg? from Che str?3m5 d,~d mdy SUStdtn <br />flows in the streams through their discharge. <br />Recharge to bedrock aquifers occurs primarily in the spring and early summer <br />when snow melt and Surface water runoff is apunddnt, and when transpiration by <br />vegetation and evaporation is not high. Recharge is limited by the <br />permeability of rock strata and the limited rzc`arge dreg ?..<pes?d to surface <br />'ddtef (mOSt sandstones 3r2 Cliff fJrmeri). O'/?flying C1dyeY dnd illty icily, <br />dnd shale and ;ilCitcne rCCk strata 31iJ limit `IertlCal r?~ndrge of and?rlying <br />idnCiCOne 3np G7d~ 3CUlf?rs. <br />Or'OUnd was?` sdmp~?i 3ndiyzed by ~23bOd'r Cod' Company by determine wa*?r <br />uUdi :! '•ndit3C? d nigh d2gr?e Cf vdridpl;il;i. <br />'riater in tie 'Molf Crz2k coal seam varies from a calcium sulfate type updip to <br />3 sJdium bicarbonate type pcwndip. The was?r can be used for live;toc!c <br />wdt?ring and ~.vildlif?, but 1'i tC0 high 1st mGit Cii25 In tOC3i d1i501`/ed solids <br />(TDS/ to be us2p for crop irrigdtion. <br />-ZS- <br />